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Mark Sewards vs Sir Roger Gale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 236 different votes 238 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 599 of 648
406
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,314
2,312 eligible divisions
193
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
600
45.7 % of votes cast
213
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
714
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

81
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 648
Appearances
88
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
86
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 648
Contributions
63
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Transport
68 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
46 of 59 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
63 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API